Author: Juana Summers

NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Jonathan Johnson, founder and CEO of Rooted School Foundation, about a study involving his charter schools which gave $50 weekly to low-income students. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Generally, we want kids to stay in school, and not just to stimulate their young minds. People with high school diplomas statistically make more money, have better health and generally stress our taxpayer-funded social services less than those without. So what if we were to pay students to keep them in class? Well, we have some data on this now. A study in New Orleans and Indianapolis gave $50…